Downtown Shooting
A man was shot as he walked to work on the State Street bridge over the Chicago River at the height of the evening rush hour today.
The 29-year-old man was walking north on the west side of the bridge, near Wacker Drive, when the gunman approached and shot him in the head at very close range about 5 p.m...
The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, according to fire officials. The man was able to communicate with detectives, but police did not have further information on his condition.
- The gunman was described as black, with a thin build, with a short afro haircut, wearing a light blue dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up and black shorts. He may also be wearing a rain coat.
Gary Reidy was eating at Smith and Wollensky when he thought he heard a car backfiring. "You don't expect this kind of thing on a Monday afternoon in downtown Chicago."
Carl Burson Jr., 32, was on his way to a movie. "This is not a war zone, this is downtown Chicago," Burson said. "We don't do that down here."
Referring to a 6-year-old killed over the weekend in the Englewood neighborhood, he added: "What is going on in the world today?"
Labels: crime
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
65 Comments:
Seriously, in 25 years on the job I have never seen a police officer walking a crime scene with an oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3and only their commander. I guess it is Area 3 and you have to look good, dont want the hairdo messed up.
Don't forget the ole "car back-firing" bullshit. When was the last time ANYONE heard a car back-fire???
What a jackass.
WRT: "...Really guys? "You don't expect..." and "We don't do that down here"?..."
Dey don't get out much brah..
You ain't seen nothin yet folks! Now with the stock market tanking the economy is going to be in a real DEPRESSION. Unless they give it another name of course. People out of work and no money spells big time trouble.
It was the usual ghetto crap just relocated downtown. The shot shit-head has a typical mutt background and of course was alert and able to talk on scene.
It was hilarious listening to the back and forth volleying of the job. "It's on 018's side"
Does it matter, just handle it....
Welcome to the City of Chicago - The New Mogadishu on the Lake
Gettin' too close for me...I was walking across the next bridge over when cops pulled up. Whew.
But, not surprised with everything going on of late.
--No Cop Here
Where were the cameras ?
Seriously, in 25 years on the job I have never seen a police officer walking a crime scene with an oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3and only their commander. I guess it is Area 3 and you have to look good, dont want the hairdo messed up.
8/09/2011 12:09:00 AM
i was on the scene...
funny.....the female detective on scene.looked liked something out of c.s.i. los angeles....the times they are a changing....
Posted this is the comments on the trib last night. At around 530 last night I was threatened by a 40 something black man, 5'6ish, on a bike, wearing a cubs jacket and hat as I stood at dearborn and Hubbard waiting for the.northbound 22.
I have seen this guy before, he stopped in front of me and started babbling about how he knew that the shooting was drug related because he used to be in that type of thing but he's been on parole for fifteen years, etc etc. I politely nodded and asked how I could help, a flash of anger took over his face and he just stared at me. At that time I asked a little sterner what he wanted, money, a smoke, etc? Just staring with this angry face. At this point I backed away and put my arms up saying you are bothering me, i have nothing to give you.
He called me a "f'ing piece of s---" and told me I should "watch my back" from now on. A bit unsettling to say the least.
Not really looking forward to walking from Clark to state this AM.
You ain't seen nothin yet folks! Now with the stock market tanking the economy is going to be in a real DEPRESSION. Unless they give it another name of course. People out of work and no money spells big time trouble.
8/09/2011 12:48:00 AM
I've got just under three decades on and that has not been my experience on this job. I love to hear the Media expound on that theory of theirs. Bad times turn people into criminals.
Good people are good in bad times. Bad people are bad no matter what. What is the big crime explosion the economy is supposed to incite: shoplifting? Bank robberies? That's TV nonsense.
Surprise the Tribune's article has "0 comments" at this moment. Yeah right.
The beast owns 018 and 001. He has for awhile. This will become more common.
And then the hilarity from people who obviously don't keep up on the news:
Gary Reidy was eating at Smith and Wollensky when he thought he heard a car backfiring. "You don't expect this kind of thing on a Monday afternoon in downtown Chicago."
Carl Burson Jr., 32, was on his way to a movie. "This is not a war zone, this is downtown Chicago," Burson said. "We don't do that down here."
Referring to a 6-year-old killed over the weekend in the Englewood neighborhood, he added: "What is going on in the world today?"
Really guys? "You don't expect..." and "We don't do that down here"? Where have you been all summer? And the past two years? We've been expecting something like this since the video of the tourist with the bullet through his hotel room after the Taste. We just haven't determined if this was it yet. But it's definitely on the horizon.
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Nitwits without a clue. They've been served way too much Kool-Aid by daley & rahmbo !
Most cars do not have carbs anymore, you need a carburator for a backfire, once I was driving a truck and a state throoper was on the Edens writing a ticket under an overpass, as I went by I pressed in the clutch shut of the key, turned the key back and released the clutch, BOOM !!! scared the shit out of him, but I bet he knew it was a backfire and not a gunshot
A friend of mine witnessed the shooting yesterday (and bc my friend is white & law-abiding, he sought out the responding cops to provide a statement & description of the perp). He told me that there is no way this was random - the shooter walked right up to the victim, aimed directly at his head, shot, turned & took off, no robbery, not shooting wildly at a crowd, and the the shooter clearly meant to shoot that man, not someone else.
So from what he's told me, and from what I've learned from news coverage & SCC (this was such a high profile incident, the ,mainstream media just cannot ignore it), I figure it was either a premeditated hit, or the victim somehow pissed off the shooter on the street, who decided to play judge, jury & would-be executioner all at once.
/ Not a cop
The shooting so far seems to be another random act of violence perpetrated against White victims by African-American terrorists.
So says Crimefile. The CPD says otherwise. What's the truth?
OT:
Comments from the Philly Mayor
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/8/mayor-talks-tough-to-black-teens-after-flash-mobs/
Maybe SCC you can post an open post section on your blog every day for OT but important stories can be posted.
Weird place to pop somebody. Might be an interesting one or ... the opportunistic animal just doing what he does.
Interesting advice for people who shoot others in self defense from Crime File:
http://www.crimefilenews.com/2011/08/ghetto-violence-invasion-of-chicago.html
Seriously, in 25 years on the job I have never seen a police officer walking a crime scene with an oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3and only their commander. I guess it is Area 3 and you have to look good, dont want the hairdo messed up.
8/09/2011 12:09:00 AM
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Be glad you don't work in a/3, because it really IS all about how you dress, with GY at the top of the list.
Got a huge laugh out of WBBM 780 repeatedly calling him 'detective' all evening yesterday. His blood pressure must be maxed out, thanks to their demoting him several ranks, down to where he SHOULD be.
This place has turned into into Dodge City.
Now is the time to be like Doc Holliday and trade in your sidearm for a shotgun.
he used to caddy for a retired dep supt., and i heard he caries that umbrella with him so he doesn't forget how he got his position. i know a few p/os that caddy for some exempts that are due for a meritorious promotion. they are some good p/os too. that would be great bosses some day. i hope they get it.
That shit ain't supposed to happen here joe! It is happening everywhere look around as we are very short police, the judges let offenders out early if they put them in jail at all,toni perkwinke does not people in the court system at all with small quantities of marijuana,the command structure just did the titanic shuffle same incompetent characters same script!
Supposedly it was those damn 3 Billy Goat Gruffs again. They are haywire, they call themselves the " 3 B.G.G.D's ". They violated Hansel & Gretel last week in Harvey and are blamed for getting Little Red Riding Hood hooked on Meth. Thank God Pinochio is packing.
I was giving the Supt. the benefit of a doubt. That is out the window. Another hack has joined the ranks.
Seriously, in 25 years on the job I have never seen a police officer walking a crime scene with an oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3and only their commander. I guess it is Area 3 and you have to look good, dont want the hairdo messed up.
8/09/2011 12:09:00 AM
Haha I totally agree. They are walking around with there big raincoats and umbrella's have no clue what's going on.
It's the same goofs that are on Clark st and division and rush.
So far this sounds like a grudge being settled albeit quite violently.
Don't think downtown commuters need be overly alarmed by this particular incident.
one thing missing. could anyone please just give me the race of the person shot. that will explain most of what im wondering. maybe even what gang affliation he has too. thank you
Seriously, in 25 years on the job I have never seen a police officer walking a crime scene with an oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3and only their commander. I guess it is Area 3 and you have to look good, dont want the hairdo messed up.
Maybe because it was pouring?
Where was cooter
Who cares?! Downtown folk don't want the police around anyway. This is what they get, ghetto bullshit in their 600,000 dollar neighborhood. Good.
Who cares?! Downtown folk don't want the police around anyway. This is what they get, ghetto bullshit in their 600,000 dollar neighborhood. Good.
8/09/2011 03:10:00 PM
You are totally full of shit.
~a downtown citizen
"It was the usual ghetto crap just relocated downtown. The shot shit-head has a typical mutt background and of course was alert and able to talk on scene."
--8/09/2011 02:31:00 AM
Of course. Not even a bullet in the head makes much of an impression. Muthaf__a this, muthaf__a that. He's "being less than cooperative."
Channel 7 News just reported that the victim was shot in the leg in another incident earlier this year.
Why aw yaw get excited 'bout all dis foolitness? Shooting others, and being shot by them, is just part of everyday life for some people.
"Good people are good in bad times. Bad people are bad no matter what. What is the big crime explosion the economy is supposed to incite: shoplifting? Bank robberies? That's TV nonsense."
--8/09/2011 08:31:00 AM
Most of the "protesters" burning down England right now probably couldn't even tell you the name of the person the police supposedly shot without reason. They are out in a big way for designer clothes, Joe -- gotta get those logos, that Versace, like the looters on Michigan Avenue here.
These are what is called "deluxe problems."
Most cars do not have carbs anymore, you need a carburator for a backfire, once I was driving a truck and a state throoper was on the Edens writing a ticket under an overpass, as I went by I pressed in the clutch shut of the key, turned the key back and released the clutch, BOOM !!! scared the shit out of him, but I bet he knew it was a backfire and not a gunshot
8/09/2011 09:40:00 AM
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OOOOoooooo, wasn't that CLEVER of you?
Thank God you didn't kill someone. Nothing like stalling your car at 60 or 70mph and having no control over it. I truly hope you're not the police.
so what happen to the guy? he had time to wait for the train and no one went and got him?
Seriously, in 25 years on the job I have never seen a police officer walking a crime scene with an oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3and only their commander. I guess it is Area 3 and you have to look good, dont want the hairdo messed up.
Maybe because it was pouring?
8/09/2011 02:27:00 PM
They make department approved raincoats for that...I don't believe umbrellas are part of the uniform, uniform or civilian dress, also, it's not tactically sound to be carrying an umbrella, Area 3 or not.
"I have seen this guy before, he stopped in front of me and started babbling about how he knew that the shooting was drug related because he used to be in that type of thing but he's been on parole for fifteen years, etc etc...."
--8/09/2011 07:53:00 AM
Remember this well, my friend.
You don't know what they're going to do because they don't even know what they're going to do.
You are being "felt out." Conversation is prelude to assault/robbery.
Keep distance. Distance is your friend. If he can touch you, he can cut you. Stay disengaged. Jump up on top of a four-foot high planter along the front of some building and walk the other way on that; can't follow you on his bike. Throw the ornamental landscaping rocks at his head. No rules. Use everything and anything to your advantage.
There be 180,000 motherf__ers out there and they all "need" something. I am not a dispenser for change, cigarettes, matches, toothpicks, "ink pins." Teach these people to learn to see to their own petty daily needs.
I am not the Street Psychiatrist, either. It's not fair TO ME to expect me to be.
You got a friend, right? You borrowed his ball-peen hammer, and you're bringing it back to him today, got it in your briefcase.
Follow me?
Downtown- The New North Englewood!
3:10, not true - don't lump us all in with the uber rich folks in 18 - I feel much safer when cops are around, but I must say the way things are going, karate classes...or buy a gun...hmm...decisions, decisions...
Pacific Northwest looks better every day.
--No Cop Here
Did anyone notice that the suntimes inset picture of the
"victim" is a police mugshot!
Seriously, in 25 years on the job I have never seen a police officer walking a crime scene with an oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3and only their commander. I guess it is Area 3 and you have to look good, dont want the hairdo messed up.
Maybe because it was pouring?
8/09/2011 02:27:00 PM
No, you jealous simpleton, the umbrella is necessary to keep the GPR's dry as you take notes. It's not like filling out a report in the squad and passing the receipt out the window to the victim who is standing in the rain. Any dic who is not prepared for adverse weather conditions isn't much of a detective. If I had gotten a dollar from every beat guy I saw sitting in the car at a scene, I won't have to worry about the pension going dry.
Heh...
We see the scum-times online "updated" this story, purged the comments and closed the comments section...
There were a couple of doozies that told it like it is.
Rahm and his minions must've called and pissed a bitch.
"We gotta keep the public in the dark about how much danger they're actually in."
These muthafuckahs have lied so damned much about the state of affairs that even alluding to the truth or letting a hint of truth be told will cause them to keel over like poisoned rats and spontaneously rot in their tracks where ever they are and whatever they're doing...
"Yeah, lemme talk to the editor of the sun-" *POOF & A SKELETON!*
"I'll call you back, I'm taking a shi-" *POOF & A SKELETON!"
"Hey boss! We gotta disable the comments sect-" *POOF & A SKELETON!"
"The Police don't respect the bla-" *POOF & A COW SKULL!"
These fuckers run from the truth like kids chasing each other on the playground with dog shit on a stick...
Is there any-fucking-body of note in this God Forsaken town even remotely compelled by a modicum of integrity or conscience enough to let the truth be told?
Politicians & Media!
A bunch of nasty-assed whores with running sores who have rendered this city unfit for habitation by decent, tax paying folks.
I love liberal idiots, they make this job that much more amusing. I like the amazement I feel everytime they ask me something so fucking stupid.
Seriously, in 25 years on the job I have never seen a police officer walking a crime scene with an oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3and only their commander. I guess it is Area 3 and you have to look good, dont want the hairdo messed up.
Maybe because it was pouring?
8/09/2011 02:27:00 PM
No, you jealous simpleton, the umbrella is necessary to keep the GPR's dry as you take notes. It's not like filling out a report in the squad and passing the receipt out the window to the victim who is standing in the rain. Any dic who is not prepared for adverse weather conditions isn't much of a detective. If I had gotten a dollar from every beat guy I saw sitting in the car at a scene, I won't have to worry about the pension going dry.
8/09/2011 06:32:00 PM
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You obviously missed the part about it being the COMMANDER of A/3 dets. And it surely WAS because of his hair.
The "we don't do that down here" was better than the car back firing. The guy who said that is indeed a jack ass. Listen up fool-anything goes anywhere, anytime. You need to get real. There is no one with any money in the hood anymore to rob. What you gonna get? A link card with $200 on it?
Real hoods hop the red line and take what they want from whitey and all the tourists downtown. So you keep eating at Smith & Wollensky but you better watch your ass when you go there and leave.
No, you jealous simpleton, the umbrella is necessary to keep the GPR's dry as you take notes. It's not like filling out a report in the squad and passing the receipt out the window to the victim who is standing in the rain. Any dic who is not prepared for adverse weather conditions isn't much of a detective. If I had gotten a dollar from every beat guy I saw sitting in the car at a scene, I won't have to worry about the pension going dry.
8/09/2011 06:32:00 PM
How come none of the area 4 dics have unbrellas out when they are at a crime scene?
Unless you are some type of rooted plant the idea is to stay dry when in the rain, Mr. 25 Years OTJ Dog.
Ain't it funny? The toilet has overflowed clear into downtown...
Heh...
Actually it may be a very good thing.
The smug and formerly safe get to see up close and very personally, some of the demons we've fought with on the West and South Sides for years.
You can holler for The Police all you want while you're being eaten alive...
There aren't any Police to send.
Why?
Because you nodded in consent all these years while public safety in Chicago was gutted for shits, giggles and pure politics.
"Greedy, out of control Cops at fault for City budget mess."
"Damn The Police and all of their cares and concerns! Why should they get anything while we're eating our 401K's? They should be made to work harder and longer for for less. Burn their pension to the ground. Fire 'em all and hire us" etc, etc.
Not a mumbling word about the blatant theft by the stuttering prick et al.
Just noise and distraction to keep the heat off while these dirty fuckers were looting the municipal treasury...
Now you good citizens are worried because a badly depleted (by your consent) Police Department is no longer able to keep the shit from overflowing into your shoes.
Now that Chicago is decending into real chaos, everybody wants to stand with the hated Police and start singing the "we're all in this together" song.
Sell that daley inc. crazy somewhere else... We're stocked clear up to the ceiling with it.
...The Policeman has tried to warn you for years.
"You guys are just complaining, the mayor would never do that to the public."
The Police are out of control??
...We beg to differ!
Seems the shooting "victim" on the bridge is a career criminal with over 30 felony arrest. Take any guess why someone wanted him gone. Could be a gang or drug thing. Of course he survived and will recover. Go figure.
he used to caddy for a retired dep supt., and i heard he caries that umbrella with him so he doesn't forget how he got his position. i know a few p/os that caddy for some exempts that are due for a meritorious promotion. they are some good p/os too. that would be great bosses some day. i hope they get it. 12:22
What???!!! I was a caddy too... when I was in high school and then a few summers in college. Double bagged it and made good money for a kid. Then I grew up and became a police officer. A position in society that garners respect from the genuine members of it. Read: shitheads are not members of society.
Point is that any police officer that would caddy for an exempt in hope of getting a merit spot is not a real police officer, or a man for that matter. Caddying is a job for kids and grown men who do it for pros on tour and make hundreds of thousands a year doing it. I cannot phathom how a Chicago police officer would caddy for an exempt. It is a subservient and frankly demeaning job for an adult to do. Don't get me wrong its fine for anyone under the age of twenty. It's good money and you are still a kid then and should respect your elders, but a p.o. Caddying for an exempt! I'm sorry but does anyone hear me? For shame a cop would bow his.head so low.
These fuckers run from the truth like kids chasing each other on the playground with dog shit on a stick...
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I just died laughing!!!!!!!
Anonymous said...
Most cars do not have carbs anymore, you need a carburator for a backfire, once I was driving a truck and a state throoper was on the Edens writing a ticket under an overpass, as I went by I pressed in the clutch shut of the key, turned the key back and released the clutch, BOOM !!! scared the shit out of him, but I bet he knew it was a backfire and not a gunshot
So glad it is cleared for you... GB the POLICEMAN...
So far this sounds like a grudge being settled albeit quite violently.
Don't think downtown commuters need be overly alarmed by this particular incident.
8/09/2011 02:00:00 PM
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Downtown commuters need not be overly alarmed??????
Hey MORON - no one - including YOU (if you are CPD) - is a dead-shot every time and all the time.
I don't want to be hit, maimed or killed due to shots fired that failed to hit the intended target.
Time for concealed carry as law enforcement in Dodge City needs to be augmented.
How come none of the area 4 dics have unbrellas out when they are at a crime scene?
8/09/2011 09:32:00 PM
They're not smart enough to stay out of the rain?
Today's victim, yesterday's offender, tomorrow's witness.
Just keep rotating the titles.
No, you jealous simpleton, the umbrella is necessary to keep the GPR's dry as you take notes.
Exactly how you taking those notes when your holding that umbrella, genius???
How come none of the area 4 dics have unbrellas out when they are at a crime scene?
8/09/2011 09:32:00 PM
what's an 'unbrella'?
nonymous said...
No, you jealous simpleton, the umbrella is necessary to keep the GPR's dry as you take notes. It's not like filling out a report in the squad and passing the receipt out the window to the victim who is standing in the rain. Any dic who is not prepared for adverse weather conditions isn't much of a detective. If I had gotten a dollar from every beat guy I saw sitting in the car at a scene, I won't have to worry about the pension going dry.
8/09/2011 06:32:00 PM
How come none of the area 4 dics have unbrellas out when they are at a crime scene?
8/09/2011 09:32:00 PM
All you people over-reacting about someone carrying an umbrella at a scene need to get a life. WHO CARES?????? Staying dry is COMMON SENSE! If my commander, co-worker or anyone else I work with on the department wants to carry an umbrella, so what? If you need to use your hands, you can easily drop the umbrella or toss it aside. All you tough guys are so worried about how it must look. I personally could give a shit how it looks.
Seriously, in 25 years on the job..........crime scene...........oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3 and bla bla bla bla bla....................
Once again, more criticism about NOTHING, from an incompetent BLOWHARD, who cannot even conduct a PRELIMINARY investigation without fucking it up, in some way, shape, or form, each and every time! Your brain topped-out at "parker & mover". Your envy of intelligent people, properly conducting an investigation has you realizing how inept you are, which gives you an irresistible urge to complain about something irrelevant to what is actually occurring. All mouth, no intelligent thinking.
He called me a "f'ing piece of s---" and told me I should "watch my back" from now on. A bit unsettling to say the least.
Not really looking forward to walking from Clark to state this AM.
8/09/2011 07:53:00 AM
Advice from a Chicagoan: Thank him for giving you a heads and not killing you. People from outside Chicago see the pretty potted flowers and polished bean, but us old chicagoans. Know Better! Disengage and walk, you owe no one nothing! When that doesn't work say and repeat 3 times.
Get the Fuck away MF or I kill you're MFin ass!
Say it like you mean it!
The Teacher
PS Sorry for the swearing.
Seriously, in 25 years on the job I have never seen a police officer walking a crime scene with an oversized umbrella...Only in Area 3and only their commander. I guess it is Area 3 and you have to look good, dont want the hairdo messed up.
8/09/2011 12:09:00 AM
is that an umbrella, or are you just glad to see me?
No, you jealous simpleton, the umbrella is necessary to keep the GPR's dry as you take notes.
Exactly how you taking those notes when your holding that umbrella, genius???
8/10/2011 10:21:00 AM
No wonder you're not a detective.
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